NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Free Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which is an expected finding in the normal newborn?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Acrocyanosis (bluish extremities) is normal in newborns due to immature circulation. Undescended testicles, absent sucking pads, and retractions are abnormal.
Extract:
The school nurse found out that the boy in the class has head lice.
Question 2 of 5
What is your nursing priority?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Informing the mother ensures prompt treatment and prevents spread.
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
A client with chronic renal failure has a serum potassium level of 6.8 mEq/L. What should the nurse assess first?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The nurse should assess the client's cardiac rhythm using electrocardiography because an elevated serum potassium level may lead to a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. The client's blood pressure may change, but only as a result of the arrhythmia.
Therefore, the nurse should assess blood pressure later. The nurse also can delay assessing respirations and temperature because these aren't affected by the serum potassium level.
Question 4 of 5
When the nurse asks a client to follow a moving finger, the nurse is assessing which cranial nerve?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cranial nerve IV (trochlear) controls the superior oblique eye muscle, responsible for downward and inward eye movement, tested by following a moving finger.
Extract:
A 78-year-old client is admitted for open reduction of a wrist fracture. That night she is found wandering in the hallway near the fire alarm. When the nurse calls the client's name, the client says, 'If you come any closer to me I'll pull this fire alarm. You're a drug addict. I saw you taking drugs out of the cabinet.'
Question 5 of 5
The best response by the nurse would be:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: This response addresses safety calmly without escalating the situation.